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1855 in archaeology

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Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1855.

Excavations

  • May - Heath Wood barrow cemetery in England, by Thomas Bateman.
  • Dalton Parlours Roman villa in Yorkshire, England, by F Carroll.

Finds

  • January 19 - Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II in a necropolis near Sidon.

Events

  • December 14 - inaugural meeting of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society

Publications

  • John Yonge Akerman - Remains of Pagan Saxondom.
  • Churchill Babington (ed.) - Benefizio della Morte di Cristo, a remarkable book of the Reformation period.

Births

  • September 10 - Robert Koldewey, German archaeologist (d. 1925).

Deaths

  • April 15 - William John Bankes, English Member of Parliament, explorer and Egyptologist (b. 1786).

References

References

  1. Bateman, Thomas. (1861). "Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave Hills in the Counties of Derby, Stafford and York".
  2. (1855-02-11). "A voice from the ancient dead: Who shall interpret it?". Emerson.
  3. "Robert Koldewey - German architect and archaeologist".
  4. "BANKES, William John (1786-1855), of Kingston Hall, Dorset".
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